Industrial Profile- Thrissur District 2016-2017

Industrial Profile- Thrissur District 2016-2017

Government of India Ministry of MSME Brief Industrial Profile of Thrissur District 2016-17 Carried out by MSME – Development Institute, Thrissur Ayyanthole P.O., Kanjani Road, Kerala – 680003 Email: [email protected] Website: www.msmsedithrissur.gov.in Phone: 0487-2360536, Fax: 0487-2360216 Brief Industrial Profile of Thrissur District, 2016-17 FOREWORD MSME-DI, Thrissur, as part of its activities has prepared the District Industrial Profile of Thrissur District during 2016-17. The objective to prepare the Industrial Profile of Thrissur is to make the information readily available in respect of general characteristics of the district, administrative set up, industrial scenario, potential for new MSMEs, details of existing clusters and general issues raised by industry associations etc. to the existing as well as prospective entrepreneurs. It is expected that this Industrial Profile will be useful for Governmental & Non-Governmental organizations, Promotional & Developmental Agencies engaged in promotion & development of MSME sector in Thrissur District and also for academicians / research scholars. I take this opportunity to express my gratitude to District Industries Centre, Thrissur, officials of State Planning Board, Economic and Statistics Department, Kerala, Department of Mines and Geology and heads of other departments for extending their co-operation in preparing this Industrial Profile. I also place on records my appreciation to Smt. Kathreenamma Sebastian, Asst Director Gr.I (E.I.) and Smt. Lachithamol U.C., Asst Director (E.I.) of this institute for their hard work in bringing out the report in this form. Thrissur 31.03.2017 MSME- Development Institute, Thrissur 2 Brief Industrial Profile of Thrissur District, 2016-17 Contents Sl. No. Topic Page No. 1 General Characteristics of the District 5 1.1 Location & Geographical Area 5 1.2 Topography 5 1.3 Availability of Minerals 5-6 1.4 Forest 6 1.5 Administrative set up 6-7 2 District at a glance 7-10 2.1 Existing Status of Industrial Area in the District 10-11 3 Industrial Scenario of Thrissur 11 3.1 Industry at a Glance 11-12 3.2 Year Wise Trend of Units Registered 12-13 Details of Existing Micro and Small Enterprises and 3.3 13-14 Artisan Units in the District 3.4 Large Scale Industries / Public Sector undertakings 14-15 3.5 Major Exportable Item 15 3.6 Growth Trend 15 3.7 Vendorisation / Ancillarisation of the Industry 15 3.8 Medium Scale Enterprises 15-16 3.8.1 List of the units in Thrissur & nearby Area 16 3.8.2 Major Exportable Item 16 3.9 Service Enterprises 16 3.9.1 Potentials areas for service industry 16 MSME- Development Institute, Thrissur 3 Brief Industrial Profile of Thrissur District, 2016-17 3.1 Potential for new MSMEs 16 4 Existing Clusters of Micro & Small Enterprise 16 4.1 Details of Major Clusters 16 4.1.1 Manufacturing Sector 16 4.1.2 Service Sector 16 4.2 Details of Identified cluster 16 4.2.1 Ayurvedic Cluster 16-17 4.2.2 Furniture Cluster 17-18 4.2.3 Handloom Cluster 18-19 4.2.4 Tile Cluster 19-20 4.2.5. Plastic Cluster 20-21 4.2.6 Diamond Cluster 21 4.3. Scope of New Clusters 21-22 General issues raised by industry association during 5 22 the course of meeting 6 Steps to set up MSMEs 22-26 MSME- Development Institute, Thrissur 4 Brief Industrial Profile of Thrissur District, 2016-17 Brief Industrial Profile of Thrissur District 1. General Characteristics of the District Thrissur with its rich history, cultural heritage and archaeological wealth is called the cultural capital of Kerala. 1.1 Location & Geographical Area Thrissur District is in the central region of Kerala State lying between 10º10' and 10º46' north latitude and 75º57' and 76 º 54’ east longitudes. It has Ponnani taluk of Thrissur district and Ottappalam taluk of Palakkad district on the north and Devikulam taluk of Idukki district and Kunnathunad, Aluva and Paravur taluks of Ernakulam district on the south. Alathur taluk of Palakkad district and Pollachi taluk of Coimbatore district of Tamil Nadu are on its eastern boundary while the Lakshadweep sea is on the west. The area of the district is 3032.00sq.km and it constitutes 7.8 percent of the total area of the state. It ranks the 5th among the districts in area. 1.2 Topography Based on the topographical pattern, the District is divided into three natural regions, viz. Low land, Mid land and High land regions. Kodungallur, Thalikkulam Mathilakam and Chavakkad Blocks belong to the low land region, Irinjalakuda, Cherpu, Anthikkad, Thrissur, Puzhakkal, Mullassery, Kunnamkulam, Chowannur Blocks belong to mid-land region and Chalakudy, Ollukkara, Kodakara and Pazhayannur Blocks belong to High Land regions. 1.3 Availability of Minerals The District is not rich in Mineral resources except for clay and sand. Preliminary investigation has been conducted to assess the availability of tile/bricks claying various parts of the District. The preliminary investigation reveals that the thickness of the clay deposit is 0.75 metres to 2 meters and quantity of clay available will be several million tonnes. It is also stated that the deposits of river sands are seen at the important rivers in the District. Other mineral deposits seen in the District include Limeshell at Kodungallur and Chavakkad area, Leterite and Granite (Buildign stone) deposits are found in the regions other than the coastal taluks, Chavakad and Kodungallur. It is also observed that ordinary sand deposits are found under the paddy fields of Mukundapuram Taluks. The important minerals deposits found in the District are given MSME- Development Institute, Thrissur 5 Brief Industrial Profile of Thrissur District, 2016-17 in the table. Table 1: Production of Minerals 2016-17 Production in Sl No Name of Mineral Tones MAJOR MINERAL 1 Granite Building Stone 2641471 MINOR 1 Ordinary Earth 1187882 2 Laterite (Building) 128898 3 Brick Clay 151801 4 Ordinary Sand 11251 Source: Department of Mines and Geology 1 .4 Forest The entire forest area of the district is covered by Thrissur Forest Division, Peechi Wild Life Division, Chalakudy Forest Division and Vazhachal Forest Division. Only a portion of Vazhachal Forest Division lies in the district. Peechi-Vazhani Wild Life Sanctuary is located in the district. The total forest area in the district is 1036.19 sq. km which forms 32.12 per cent of the total area of the district. It shows that one-third of the district is under reserve/vested forest. Forest area of the district is confined to Talappilly, Thrissur and Mukundapuram taluks. The district has moist deciduous evergreen and semi- evergreen forests. 1.5 Administrative set up. There are two systems of administrative set up in the district – revenue and local self Government. Under the revenue system the district is divided into Revenue division, Taluks and Villages. Under the local administrative set up, the district is divided into statutory towns and panchayats. For the implementation of developmental activities panchayats are grouped under community development blocks. Therefore all these units viz. taluks, villages, statutory towns, community development blocks and panchayats have their own relevance and importance. The district comprises of a single revenue division – Thrissur, consisting of 5 taluks and 254 villages. Some of the revenue villages lie partly in towns and the remaining part in rural areas. The Taluks are Chavakkad, Kodungallur, Mukundapuram, Thalappilly and Thrissur. For the purpose of Development activities, there are 1 Corporation (Thrisur), 5 Municipalities, 16 Block Panchayats, 254 Villages and 88 Grama Panchayats. The Municipalities in the District are Chalakkudy, Chavakkad, Guruvayoor, Irinjalakuda, MSME- Development Institute, Thrissur 6 Brief Industrial Profile of Thrissur District, 2016-17 Kodunghallur and Kunnamkulam. Thrissur Corporation comprises the area of then Thrissur Municipality, Ayyanthole, Vilvattom, Ollukkara, Koorkancherry, Ollur Panchayats and three wards of Nadathara Panchayats. The area of the Corporation is 101.42 Sq. Kms. The Headquarters of the District is Thrissur. 2. District at a glance The following table comprises the information about geographical, administrative, demographical, etc of the district. It will also provide brief idea education, land use pattern and infrastructural facilities of the district Table 2 District at a Glance Sl Particular Year Unit Statistics No 1 Geographical features (A) Geographical Data 2017 10º10' and i) Latitude 10º46' North 75º57' and 76 ii) Longitude º 54’ East iii) Geographical Area Hectares 302919 (B) Administrative Units 2017 i) Number of Revenue Divisions 1 ii) Number of Tehsils 5 iii)Sub-Tehsils - iv)Patwar Circle - v) Panchayat Samitis - vi) Nagar Nigham 1 vii) Nagar Palika 6 viii)Gram Panchayats 88 ix) Number of Revenue Villages 254 x) Assembly Area 13 MSME- Development Institute, Thrissur 7 Brief Industrial Profile of Thrissur District, 2016-17 Source: www.thrissur.nic.in 2 Population Sex-wise i) Male 2011 1480763 ii) Female 2011 1640437 Rural Population 2011 1024794 Source: Primary Census Abstract, 2011 3 Agriculture Land utilization i) Total Area 2015-16 Hectare 302919 ii) Forest cover " " 103619 iii) Non Agriculture use Land " " 38313 iv) Cultivable Barren Land " " 9734 v) Total Cropped area ” ” 174275.09 4 Forest (i) Forest 2015-16 Hectare 103619 Source: Agricultural Statistics, 2015-16 5 Livestock & Poultry A Cattle i) Cows 2012 Nos. 102658 ii) Buffaloes 2012 Nos. 18821 B Other livestock i) Goats 2012 Nos. 128322 ii) Pigs 2012 Nos. 6844 iii) Dogs & Bitches 2012 Nos. 32833 Source: 19th Livestock Census,2012 IV) Railways MSME- Development Institute, Thrissur 8 Brief Industrial Profile of Thrissur District, 2016-17 i) Length of rail line 2017 Kms 61 V) Roads (a) National Highway 2011 Kms 41.13 (b) State Highway 31.03.2016 Kms 374.033 (c) Major District Roads 31.03.2016 Kms 1690.183 (d) Other district & Rural Roads 2011 Kms 24.44 (e) Rural road/ Agriculture 2011 Kms 5645.82 (Village roads) (f) Kachacha Road 31.03.2016 Kms NA Source: a,b,e: Panchayat Level Statistics, 2011; b &c : Economic Review, 2015-16 VI) Communication (a) Telephone connection 2015-16 Nos.

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